The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-22
A ROUSING MEETING
AT COOPER UNION, NEW YORK,
Last Night to Protest Against tho Passage
ofthe Irish Coercion Act by tho British
Parliament = Archbi.hop Lyuch's
Able Letter TO Lord Churchill,

NEw YoRx, March 2l.-A mass meetin
was held In Cooper Union tonight to pre-
test against the enactment Of the propose
coercion measure for Ireland by the Ems
lish Parliament Tho meeting was he'll
under the auspices Of the municipal coun
Gil Of the Irish National League. Cha
A. Dana, editor Of the New Yorl
Sun, acted as chairman. He sal,
that 1t might be asket
what Americana had to do with IN,
conduct OF the English Government. ii,
maintained the right to be unoestionsble
He Hpoke on behalf Of broad Justice ant
those rights which belong to all men
They were,sbout to violate In England nov
the first principles Of liberty by passin,
a coercion bill, and Irish.AmericanI
wiahed to protest against 1t. Americans
did 30 because the 1rishmen formed 4
great part OF the citizens of the United
States. Americans had the right because
they contributed the chic! part of the
money that enabled that band OF patriots
led by Parnell to continue the fight fol
freedom. Applause].
The resolutions passed recite that the
English Government is preparing to In.
troduce so.called crimes bill whose pro.
visions are intended to suppress constitu.
tional liberty in Ireland for political ends
and to abolish the freedom OF the press,
They say the only effect can be the
enkindiing OF race hatred, max.
ing more difficult the settlement
Of the Irish question, and tending TO pro.
duce social disorders in Ireland. The cit.
izens OF New York in mass meeting Az.
sembIed, therefore earnestly protest
against the contemplated measure AS sui.
cldal to the best interest OF England aud
Ireland, and violation OF the recopn.
lied principles ol justice. The resolutions
quote Englsnd's greatest statesman in
saying that force is no remedy, and de.
ciaring that home rule in the establish.
ment OF Parliament to deal directly with
local questions, the only basis of settling
Irish questions.
The resolutions tender sympathy and
promise support to Gladstone and Parnell
and encourage them to oppose coercion.
The resolutions are to be sent to the two
leaders, also the Tory leader (Lord
Salisbury.
Hon. Samuel ]. Randall wrote from
Washington, urging jnstics to Ireland as
tue only lasting solution to her troubles,
and expressing his deepest interest in the
question. He said 1t was strange
that in the nineteenth century Eng.
lish Tories should persist in
policy OF injustice and coercion con.
demned by history with singular uuanim.
lty as crime against the human race, a
blot OF disgrace ON the fair fame OF Eng
lish government. Sooner or later Justice
must be done.
Hon. s. S. Cox wrote from Washington,
he asserted that the great body OF the
Enghsh people were at war with Scot
land, Ireland and Wales, in their hatred
to measures Of espoignsge, fraud and
Roscoe Conkling wrote: In hea.t and
Judgment am in sympathy with the peo.
pie OF Ireland and wholly against any and
every scheme to trample on their rights,
It will be annoying If England.
the land Of Magma Charta and the
land OF trial by jury and due process Of
law. the land Of eight centuries Of narlis.
ment, the land Of Westminster Hall
shall now at this stage Of the world turn
around and march back towards
batbarism. For government to uphold
itself by force against those who would
overthrow it is one thing. This is the
right Of self defense, the right
to be, but it is widely different thing 70
make laws oppressive and repugnant to
the great majority OF those ai.
iected by that, and then to vic.
late the principles Of Government
itself in order to enforce such laws. Such
proceeding is not resort to the right OF
seli'deiense, nor a resort to any other
right. 1t is might-brutal might.